when i was having doubts about being a jehovah's witness, i was terrified to talk about them to anyone.
i knew that having a different opinion than the watchtower was 'wrong'.. i wrote about my experience here - http://www.jehovahswitnessblog.com/real-life-experiences/fear-discussing-doubts/.
please share your experiences too!.
Hi everyone,
When I was having doubts about being a Jehovah's Witness, I was terrified to talk about them to anyone. I knew that having a different opinion than the Watchtower was 'wrong'.
I wrote about my experience here - http://www.jehovahswitnessblog.com/real-life-experiences/fear-discussing-doubts/
Please share your experiences too!
when i was a kid in the meetings, bored out my brains, i'd try and read the "watching the world" articles just because they seemed less 'spiritual' than the rest.. then, only now looking back on it, i realise how negative they were.
here's my take on them: http://www.jehovahswitnessblog.com/cult/jehovahs-witnesses-watching-the-world/.
king agag .
Hi everybody!
When I was a kid in the meetings, bored out my brains, I'd try and read the "Watching the World" articles just because they seemed less 'spiritual' than the rest.
Then, only now looking back on it, I realise how negative they were. Here's my take on them: http://www.jehovahswitnessblog.com/cult/jehovahs-witnesses-watching-the-world/
What do you think of them?
Regards,
King Agag
i remember when i was young reading through the "young people ask" book.
i remember thinking, several times, that if i followed all the advice, i'd not have any friends at all.. here's a funny look at the dating advice they give: http://www.jehovahswitnessblog.com/funnies/jehovahs-witness-dating-advice/.
king agag.
Hi everyone,
I remember when I was young reading through the "Young People Ask" book. I remember thinking, several times, that if I followed all the advice, I'd not have any friends at all.
Here's a funny look at the dating advice they give: http://www.jehovahswitnessblog.com/funnies/jehovahs-witness-dating-advice/
Regards,
King Agag
i disagree on some doctrine with the organisation.
yet, i also know these are the kindest,most loving people on earth.
such people must be guided by the holy spirit.
Weeping, sorry to hear you had some tough times in life. You may have been out of the organisation for some time but I can see the indoctrination of JWs is still implanted in you. You use gross over generalisations referring to 'wordly' people. As for the atheist bit - I am atheist and it shocks me how people can read the bible and still want to worship him! He's a megalomaniacal genocidal evil bastard. Knowing the bible (among many other reasons) is why I don't believe in a creator. Your example of 'protoplasm' coming from nowhere makes no sense because you only compound the issue by adding God to the picture. Where did he come from? I doubt I'll reply again to this thread - just chipping in my 2 cents.
the wts, being american, prints its english material in american english.
i know some people might trash me here but for a european i found it frustrating.
color is supposed to be colour, highway is motorway and a faucet is a bloody tap!
Mad Sweeney - I didn't say the one was superior to the other at all. What point I was making was that American English and European English have enough differences to irritate a European (or vice versa). I don't think it was 'arrogant' at all nor should you be attributing arrogance to me. The small things like colour/color... I didn't say one was 'better' than the other just that we are more accustomed to the one. As for needing a 'u', I think the question should be: why did the Americans remove the 'u' in the first place? Was it too difficult to spell?
the wts, being american, prints its english material in american english.
i know some people might trash me here but for a european i found it frustrating.
color is supposed to be colour, highway is motorway and a faucet is a bloody tap!
Wobble - thanks for your comment but I didn't understand something. God is an Englishman? What do you mean by that?! I don't believe in God at all, but claiming he is English (nor am I English) just seems a bit weird.
the wts, being american, prints its english material in american english.
i know some people might trash me here but for a european i found it frustrating.
color is supposed to be colour, highway is motorway and a faucet is a bloody tap!
Dssynergy - I get your point, and as I said it was just a personal irritation. On the other hand, if I read a fiction book by an American author about a family living in the UK and the dialogue had them saying 'faucet' instead of 'tap', I would not consider it a good book because I wouldn't be able to really 'believe' the story. It wouldn't be right. Non fiction I try to be a little less frustrated.
the wts, being american, prints its english material in american english.
i know some people might trash me here but for a european i found it frustrating.
color is supposed to be colour, highway is motorway and a faucet is a bloody tap!
Teel - yes, I do, as I said, give slack to those who speak English as a second language. Nicolau - my lack of paragraphs comes from posting on my phone which doesn't keep my formatting on this forum (I don't know why).
the wts, being american, prints its english material in american english.
i know some people might trash me here but for a european i found it frustrating.
color is supposed to be colour, highway is motorway and a faucet is a bloody tap!
And ironically I apologise if there are typos and errors in my posts, I am not an expert :-p
the wts, being american, prints its english material in american english.
i know some people might trash me here but for a european i found it frustrating.
color is supposed to be colour, highway is motorway and a faucet is a bloody tap!
The WTS, being American, prints its English material in American English. I know some people might trash me here but for a European I found it frustrating. Color is supposed to be colour, highway is motorway and a faucet is a bloody tap! When I was very young I used to wish they'd stop making abstract language translations and make a 'proper' English version!! Now I couldn't care less about the WT - its all crap no matter what language it is in but 'chat' text annoys me! I read some threads here on JWN and end up cringing at some comments because they use "they're" instead of "their" or make simple spelling mistakes like "definAtely" (it's an "I" people) or "feal" instead of "feel", "collage" instead of "college." I understand some people don't speak English as their first language, some are uneducated etc - its just something that irritates me personally sometimes. Thoughts, comments? Feel free to rip me apart.
